On his blog albertmcwilliams’s posterous, Al McWilliams of Quack!Media spanks all those who are upset by Ann Arbor’s recent ordinance that enhances the state law requiring vehicles to stop for pedestrians at crosswalks. In a post titled “Smart folks in Ann Arbor crash their cars into stuff, blame City Council,” McWilliams writes: “Ann Arbor likes to think that it’s some bastion of progressive thought; a place where enlightenment reigns supreme. In reality, all it took to turn the wise people of this city into giant, selfish, babies was a little road rage.” [Source]

MICATS (Michigan Coalition Against Tar Sands) is reporting that two of its protesters have been arrested for locking their necks with bicycle U-locks to pipeline construction trucks being used for the Enbridge Line 6B pipeline expansion. [Source]

In a roundup of the lineup for the Aug. 5, 2014 primary elections, we overstated by one year Ward 5 councilmember Chuck Warpehoski’s length of service as a council representative on the city’s environmental commission. He served in that capacity during his first year on the council. We note the error here and have corrected the original article.